Usenet Archives

🗃️ Utzoo / Early Usenet Newsgroups (1981–1991)

The Utzoo archive tapes preserved early Usenet from before the Great Renaming of 1987. These net.*, fa.*, mod.* and to.* hierarchies represent the earliest days of online discussion.

All (378,027) 🗃️ Utzoo Alt (151,236) Rec (16,151) Comp (16,078) Microsoft (12,768) Soc (11,869) Free (6,677) Misc (6,442) Sci (4,598) De (4,491) Fido7 (4,203) News (4,116) It (3,130) Uk (2,858) Fido (2,555) Talk (2,546) Es (2,365) Biz (2,204) Aol (2,167) Msn (2,117) Fj (2,105)
1,409 groups in utzoo.*
Group ▾ Description Threads Posts
mod.legal 174 208
mod.mac 275 277
mod.mac.binaries 260 386
mod.mac.ctl 1 1
mod.mac.sources 33 59
mod.mag 7 10
mod.mag.fidonet 22 26
mod.mag.otherrealms 32 38
mod.map 286 290
mod.map.ctl 1 1
mod.map.news 27 27
mod.map.news.ctl 1 1
mod.map.uucp 18 18
mod.map.uucp.ctl 1 1
mod.motss 41 52
mod.movies 18 19
mod.msg.ctl 6 6
mod.music 116 132
mod.music.gaffa 1,653 1,733
mod.newprod 91 96
mod.newprod.ctl 1 1
mod.newslists 489 494
mod.newslists.ctl 4 4
mod.os 125 145
mod.os.os9 37 38
mod.os.unix 34 41
mod.os.unix.ctl 1 1
mod.pedophile.chris-ewis 1 1
mod.pedophile.chris-lewis 1 1
mod.philosophy 1 16
mod.philosophy.tech 1 1
mod.politics 559 563
mod.politics.arms-d 322 325
mod.politics.arms-d.ctl 1 1
mod.protocols 91 115
mod.protocols.appletalk 263 295
mod.protocols.appletalk.ctl 1 1
mod.protocols.ctl 1 1
mod.protocols.kermit 62 62
mod.protocols.kermit.ctl 1 1
mod.protocols.tcp-ip 1,230 1,637
mod.protocols.tcp-ip.ctl 1 1
mod.psi 35 56
mod.rec 1 1
mod.rec.ctl 1 1
mod.rec.g 1 1
mod.rec.guns 435 492
mod.recipes 659 667
mod.recipies 1 1
mod.religion 1 17
mod.religion.christian 195 262
mod.risks 230 231
mod.singles 37 38
mod.sources 730 731
mod.sources.ctl 1 1
mod.sources.doc 63 65
mod.sources.doc.ctl 1 1
mod.sources.ga 2 2
mod.sources.games 6 7
mod.std 3 3
mod.std.c 154 154
mod.std.mumps 31 31
mod.std.unix 262 483
mod.std.unix.ctl 1 1
mod.techreports 84 84
mod.telecom 712 789
mod.telecom.ctl 1 1
mod.test 15 15
mod.unix 77 78
mod.unix.ctl 2 3
mod.vlsi 89 126
mod.vlsi.ctl 1 1
net.abortion 718 2,515
net.abortion.ctl 6 6
net.abuse 2 2
net.abuse.misc 3 3
net.access 1 1
net.adm 1 1
net.adm.ctl 1 1
net.admin 1 3
net.admin.ctl 1 1
net.admin.net-abuse.announce 4 4
net.admin.net-abuse.email 1 4
net.admin.net-abuse.misc 3 3
net.admin.net.abuse.news 2 2
net.admin.net-abuse.usenet 9 9
net.adm.site 46 52
net.adm.site.ctl 5 5
net.ai 1,940 3,195
net.ai.ctl 9 9
net.all 7 7
net.all.ctl 31 31
net.alt.life.sucks 1 1
net.analog 229 885
net.analog.ctl 6 6
net.announce Official announcements about Usenet II. 125 141
net.announce.arpa-internet 105 105
net.announce.arpa-internet.ctl 1 1
net.announce.conferences 1 5
net.announce.ctl 5 5
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